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LUCIUS H. DWELLEY, OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS v I' Letters Patient No. 62,618, dated wordt 5, 186i'.

Ill/IPROVEMEllT 1N WOOD-TURNING LATI-IES.

TO ALL WHO-M 1T MAY CONCERN:

i Be itknown 4that I, LUCIUS H. DWELLEY, of Dorchester, in the county of Norfolk, and State of Massaehusetts, have invented an improved Machine for Turning Spools, of which the following is a full, clear, and cx act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawin Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved machine. Figure Z s a plan of the under sideV ofthe machine. Figure 3 is alongitudinal verticalsection of the same on the line :we of iig. 2. Figure 4 is a 4longitudinal vertical section of .a portion of the saine on the line y y of tig. 2.

gs, making part of this specification, in whicharrow. Y

Figure 6, detail to be referred to.

In machines for turning spools, as heretofore constructed, the rounding, body, and severing cutters have been attached to a sliding carriage, and brought into action by means of a lever or levers, while the boring` tool was secured to an independent carriage, operated by hand to bring the borer up to its work.

My invention has for its object to produce a machine for turning spools which will perform the whole operation automatically with great rapidity and accuracy; and consists in attaching the several cutting tools land the boringtool to a single carriage, said tools being operated at the required times 'by means of cams attached to and lnovingwiththe carriage, the cams being actuated by'a shaft passing through and connected with them by means of a spline and feather, the feed mechanism of .the carriage bein-g actuated by another cam on the 'same shaft band my invention 'also consists in a peculiar device for arresting the whole of the mechanism, with the exception of the chuck and its arbor, when it is required to insert a fresh stick, or when otherwise necessary. i i

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use mylinvention, I will proceed to describe the manner in whichI have carried it out. Y

4 'In the said drawings, A. is the framework of the machine in bearings, a, secured to one end of which runs the arbor of the screw-chuck b, which is revolved by means of a belt, (not shown,) and carriesvone end of the stick to be operated upon, the other end of the stick being 'supported in a tunnel-shaped opening orrestbc,

formed infthe end cfa traversing carriage, Byrwhieh slides on ways, ol, and'carrics the several cutting and boring tools. i The carriage B is fed forward at 'the required intervals, so as to cause the end ot' the stick to project beyond the tubular rest e a sufficient distance for. a spool, in the following manner; C is a horizontal toothed bar which passes through a guide, e, attached to the carriage, one end beingsupported in a rest, j', projecting from the inside of the framework, while the other end is attached to a rocher-arm or lever, D, secured to a shaft, y( which rests irl-bearings, h, attached to thc framework, and this lever D is rocked against the resistance of a spring, z', so as to move the toothed bar by means of a caunE, on the main shaft F, which strikes a friction-roll, j, as seen in fig. 3, The forward movement of the bar C is, communicated to the carriage B by means of a pawl, c, fig. il, which is pivoted to the carriage at 10, and engages with the toothed bar, its upper end forming a' lever, Z. '.lhis lever is furnished with a catch, m, which venters a slot in the post G, where it is retained by a spring-catch, 11, which thus holds the prrwl upiout el the teeth Iof the bar C, when the carriage is free to bel moved in either direction by revolving the hand-crank n, which is attached tol the shaft o of a piniomp, that engages with a rack-bar, H, on the under side of the framework.

When it is desired to throw the feed `into action the catch 11 is depressed, so ast'o .release the lever Z and1 allow the pawl k to engage with the toothed bar C, a spring, q, serving to keep the pawl in contact with the bar. In case a greater amount of feed is required, the throw of the bar C may be varied by means a gauge or setserew, t', which allows it to be carried back by the spring t' a suiicient distance topermit the pawll c to drop into every second notch. rlhe notches may, however, be made much finer, andthe carriage be advanced one,L

two, or more notches at a time, in accordance with the amount of feed requiredl s isthe severing cutter, by which the finished spools' are separated from the stick.' This cutter slides in an inclined guide, t, secured t0 the Carriage B, and is operated at certain tinres'b'y a handlever, 1, which, together with the cutter s, is retained in thevposition seen in figs. 1, 3, and 5, by drspring, 13. The cutter s is,.howei.'er, operated automatically by a4 am, J, what Sti-nasa frictiomoil, 14: on its lower extremity and raises i@ to Sever the Spool from the Stic-'k Figure 5is a transverse section of the machine on the line z of iig. 2, looking in the direct-ion of the red as' required. rnis the body cutter, which is of such a form as to give the required shape to the spool, and is secured to a devel or holder, o, by means of a set-screw, 15. This lever is pivoted at 16, 5,) and carries,

at its lower end, :t roll, a', which is struck by the cam J, which is so formed :is to bring the cutter up to its` work, after which it withdrawn by means of a fiat spring, b. The spindle or shaft K, which carries the augeror boring tool 1T, slides in bearings, L, rising from the carriage B. and is brought up to its work in the following manner: c is a -ring or collar, secured tothe spindle by means of a sense-reir, 18, and having projectingr from its under side, to which is pivoted the connecting-rod rZ, the opposite end of which is attached to a lever, 19, pivoted on a stud, e', projecting 'from the carriage B; the lower end of the lever 19, which carries a friction-roll, being moved at the required times by means of a com, M, which is so formed as to hold thel auger up to form an axis for the spool to revolve on while being turned down by the cutter-Vu, after which the spindle K is withdrawn by means of the spiral spring 20, which surrounds/mand is conncd between the collar c and bearing L. lh'e'two cams J M 'are made of one piece of metal, which is turned-down in the centre, and runs in a box, N, on the under side of the carriage B; and these cams are revolved by means of 4the mainshaft F, which is connected with themby means of a spline and' feather, as seen inigs. 2 and 5, the

cams being thus allowed to slide freely along the shaft F as the carriage is fed up. The auger 17 projects out 'from a cylinder, 21, on the outer end of which is formed a cutter, 22, to square and finish the end of the spool,

the cylinder 21 being provided with an open slot, c-ut down to the centre, in which fits a block, 23 3,) which rests on Ithe auger, and is pressed down by means of a set-screw, 24, which serves Athe double purpose 'of holding the cylinder 21, with its` cutter, in place in the spindle K, and also the auger in theend of the cylinder, while it also affords a ready means of adjusting and securing either in the exact position required.v Itis evident that tools different from those.clcsciibed may be attached to the spindle K if required.

i The manner 'in which the whole of themechanism, with the exception of the chuck and its arbor, is arrestedwhen it is desired to insert afresh stick, or when otherwise necessary, will now be described. O is a gear, which is.secured to one end of the shaft F outside the' framework, and is driven by a worm, P, on the end of a shaft, f', which runs in a long bearing, g', on a lever, Q, pivoted to a stud, L, projecting from thev framework, and carries at its lower end a bevel-gear, t, which is driven by another bevel-gear, 25, connected with the driving-pulley R, which runs loosely on the stud a. S is-a disk, which is secured to thes'haft F, between the gear O and the framework and has cut in'itsvface an annular groove, 26, (tig. 1,) in which fits a pin, 27, (iig. 6,) projecting from the lever Q, by which means the worm P is prevented from 'being thrown out of gear with the cog-wheel O. j is a notch, cut from the groove 26 to the periphery of the wheel O, so that' when the notch is brought into a`position opposite to the pin 27, the lever Q may be moved back from thewhecl O to discngage the worm P by means of alever, 7c,' carrying the pin l on its outer end, which plays in an inclined slot, 2S, in the upper end of the lever Qp The lever 7c is secured to one end of a long shaft, T, having its bearings in the framework,` and this shaft is rocked to throw the worm in or out of gear by means of a handle,

m', the position of the notchy s u and augei` 17- are withdrawn, as seen intig l. n is a cutter, which is secured to the' carriage B by a screw, o', and projects slightly into the tubular rest c, so as to round ,the stick-as it passes through.

' Operation.

being such that the mechanism can only be thrown out of gear when the cutters The pawl le, being raised out of the teeth of the bar C, theearriageB is runV back by turning the handcrank n. The operator then inserts one ond of a stick (its ends having been previously rounded) into the tunnel-shaped rest c, and the carriage is moved forward by handuntil the opposite end of the stick enters the tapering screw-chuck Z2, by which it is revolved with great rapidity. The carriage is then moved still further forward by hand until the end of the stick projects a short distance beyond the rest e, being rounded by the cutter n as it passes through. The catch 11 is then depressed Fso as to allow the pawl 7c to engage with'the toothed bar C, when the severing cutter s is brought up by means of the hand-lever. 1 to square the end of the stick; and the mechanism which' operates on the spool is thrown into action by means of the handle m on the shaft T, as before described. This causes thecarriage to be fed forward automatically by means ofthe toothed bar C a distance sufficient to cause the end of the stick to project beyond the rest c the length required for a spool, when the auger 17 and cutter 22 are brought up to bore the hole and square the ond of the spool, remaining in that position until the body cutter u is brought up to turn the spool down to the required form. The severing cutter s is then brought up by the cam J, and the cutter u withdrawn, when the auger 17 and cutter 22 are carried back by the spring 20, and the severing cutter s cuts off the finished spool, which falls out of the machine. llhe carriage is then` again fed forward, and the operation continues until thestick is used up, when the feed of the carriage is arrested automatically, the pawl c having arrived at that portion of the bar C not provided with teeth. '.lhe earriageis then run back by means of the hand-crank n, a fresh'stick is inserted without stopping the revolution of the chuck b, and the operation continues as before.

C'Zaz'ms.

j What 1 claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. I claim the combination of the shaft F with the cam M, traversing thereon and revolving therewith, lever 19,.and sliding spindle K, withv its tool or tools, substantially as described. I

2. I also claim the combination of the shaft F with the cam J, traversing thereon and revolving therewith, and the vibrating cutter holder o, with its cutter u, for the purpose set forth.

3. I also claim the combination of the shaft F with the cam J, traversing thereonand revolving therewith,

with the severing cutter s, as described.-

4. I also claim the automatic feed mcchanisimconsisting of'rhe cam E, rocker-arm D, spring z', or its equivalent, toothed bor C,vpowl k, and gauge r, in combination with the traversing carriage B, when suchmcarg" rioge carries all the tools required to turn, bore, and sever tho spool from the stick, sub stantiully as described.

5. I also claim the combination of the auger 17, slotted cylinder 21, with its cutter 22 on its end, and set-screw 24, substantially as and for the vpurpose set forth. 4

6. Ialso claim thc mechanism consisting of the grooved wheel s, with its notch j and connections, sub-\ stuntially as described, for the purpose of arrestingA the motion of the cutting `and boring tools at a stated position, und also to arrest the feed at the same time,"s ubsta.ntia.1ly as described.

LUOIUS H. DWELLEY. Witnesses: A

P. ETESGHEMACHER, N. W. STnAnNs. 

